Repair member.



J. HECK.

REPAIR MEMBER. APPLICATION FILED IAB. 3, 1909.

954,098. l PatentedApr. 5, 1910.

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To all whom 'it may cof'wowi:

Be it known that I, JACOB HECK, a citi-v zen of the United States, residing at Gnabers, of

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State of denhutten, in the county of Tuscarawas and Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements lin Repair Memwhich the following is la specication'.

This invention relates to al wood veneer re air member.

he object of my invention is to provide a li ht, neat inexpensive and readily operdevice, to be used in monding honey sections, as Well as being adapted to be used as a repair member in fastening the split sections or supers, hives, wooden trays, plates, and other articles made of wood veneer.

With this and other objects in View the present invention consists'in the combina tion and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the a pended claims it being understood ythat c anges iny the specific structure shown and described may be made Within the scope of the claims Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a top`vieW of two connected repair members embodying my invention. Fig. ,2 shows a top view of a wooden veneer section having a fracture repaired by means of my repair members. Fig. 3 is v"a section on line 3 3 'ofAFig l. Fig. 4 is a top View of a modification. Fig. 5 is a top view of a still further modification. FiU. G shows a modification.

rticles made ofwood veneer, such as honey sections, comb frames, supers, hives,

p split, the fracture is Wooden trays, plates, and `the like, are apt to split owing to the thinness of the Wood, and certain imperfections of the grain. After such thin wooden articles begin to apt to continue and enlarge. In my present invention, I construct a simple, sheet metal repair member, having a lurality of clenching points which are driven throu h the wood and then clenched, securely holino the fractured edges and preventing further splitting, of the. Wooden member. v

' The preferred forni of my invention embodies an elongated preferably sheet steel Specification oflzetters Patent. .Application iiled March 3, 1909. f Serial No. 481,180.

. portions bei-ng tion of the flange. It .wil be noted that the Y Patented Apr. 5. 1910.

member 5, which a't each end terminates in a clenching point, disposed' lengthwise of the member as shown in Fig. 1. The base of each of these terminal clenching points 6, 6, is of a Width less than the width of the member proper. f

Extendin laterally from each end, upon opposite si es are the side clenchingpoints 'I 7, 7, and 8, 8, these oppositely positioned clenching points being held in spaced relation in' their secured con ition.

In Fig. 2, the -Wood section A is'shown as split at a, the fractured edges' being secured by means of three of my repair members. The two terminal members are so positioned that one terminal clenching oint 6 cuts transversely across the grain, Just ahead of the crack or fracture. Thus when. the crack finally reaches the transverse incisionmade bythe terminal clench point 6, further progress of the fracture is arrested. These end clencliing points are slightly dished, as shown in Fi 3, andare not quite as' long as are the si e clenchin points, so that the end points will not buc (le on being forced into or through the Wood.

In certain cases the end are not necessary so that I have devised a modification as shown in F-ig. 4 Where the outer edges 10 of the points are continued until they meet. M made of 'so-called rib on metal and are separated at their meeting points.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the

repair member has the square ends 12. In

this form my device is made to serve as a holder for the string or twine carrying a tag clenchiiig points dparallel i as is shown in Fig. (3, where the two end 1 clenching points 13 have been clamped about the body 14 ofthe member, the remaining `side clenching points l5 being adapted to be driven into the wood to which this member is to be secured. These repair members may also be used instrengthening light frames at their corners, such as honey sections, to prevent any lateral motion, and can be attached with ease, accuracy and despatch.

In' Fig. G there is show n a modification of the device in which a rectangular blank is used having pairs of triangnlarly shaped teeth stamped downwardly from its opposite ends, the bases of the teeth bein at opposite sides of the blank, t eir ody stamped from the body openings in the central portion ofthe blank formed by the stamping of the teeth are dis osedin overlapping osition, a diagonal strip 20 being left centra y ofthe flange, be.- tween the o enings from which the teeth were stamped. This form of device may be used somewhat as a thumb `tack on account of the large surface offered for the enga-gement of a finger. o

llt will be noted that inFig. 3 which is a bottom view of the first'described formof the device, the end point is formed somewhat arcuate 1n cross section, which braces it against buckling when driven into material.

And having thus described my said invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is l. A repair member comprising an elonated square sheet metal section, terminating in two ointed elenching ends havin" their bases oi a width less than the Width o at each end smoes said member, said member at each end having two oppositely directed clenching oints of a length greater than the length o said yend clenching points. r

2. A repair member of the class described, 25

comprising a strap metalsection terminating in a clenching point dishe the bases of said clenching mem-- crosswise,

of a width less than the width of bers bein said mem er, two oppositely directed clench'- 3o ing points at each end of `said member sald f' ospositely directed clenching points being"` o a length greater than" said end clenching points.

In testimon whereof I a'lix my signature, 35 lin presence o two witnesses.

JACQB HECK. 1SWitnesses: v

D. W. EVERETT, (l. V. GINTHER. 

